Historicity of Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf is a geographical name rooted in ancient history, a leading archeologist said. The statement was made at a recent two-day international workshop on ’The Persian Gulf in Prehistory and History’ held at Durham University in northern England The history of Great Persia The history of Iran goes back some three thousand years. Iran formerly known as Persia is regarded as one of the cradles of civilisation. Over the last three thousand years it has been ruled by various dynasties The First Empire The Iranian plateau was settled about 1500 BC by Aryan tribes, the most important of which were the Medes, who occupied the northwestern portion, and the Persians, who emigrated from Parsua, a land west of Lake Urmia, into the southern region of the plateau, which they named Parsamash or Parsumash EU-GCC resolution main source of encouragement for attack on Iranian fishing boat in Persian Gulf Clearly the EU-GCC resolution of 19 May 2004 was the main source of encouragement for Abu Dhabi to commit the armed assault on the Iranian boat in the territorial waters of Abu Musa on Thursday June 3rd 2004, in spite of the fact that Abu Musa's territorial waters are under joint Iranian-Sharjah Sovereignty. The UAE assault was an aggressive act designed to trigger a chain reaction that would overthrow regional peace and stability that was achieved through years of Arab-Iranian hard work and cooperation history of abu musa and the tunbs The British Government's announcement in January 1968 of its decision of terminating Pax-Britannica in the Persian Gulf caused a sense of urgency for closer cooperation among regional states. Settlement of territorial and boundary differences thus, became a necessity, especially in the offshore areas where exploitation of new oilfields was expanding rapidly. Pan Arabism's Legacy Few Iranians (or westerners) have heard of Pan-Arab nationalists such as Satia Al-Husri, Sami Shawkat, Michel Aflaq or Khairallah Tulfah. Their version of Arab nationalism is as anti-Western as it is anti-Persian. The philosophies of these men have done much to inspire generations of Arab leaders such as Gamal Abdel Nasser, who passionately advocated the changing of the Persian Gulf to "Arab G/u/l/f", or Saddam Hussein, who defined his Arabism by the extent of his brutality against Iranians (Kurds, Persians, Azeris , Turkmens , armenis , tajiks baluchs, etc.). The Persian Gulf and its name The historical name of the Persian Gulf is a familiar name for all the countries in the world, particularly the countries of Middle East. Commenting on the issue, Egyptian Dr. Mostafa Alfaqi said Conspiracy to change a heritage name The Persian Gulf Historical and unique name of The Persian Gulf and its equivalents in different languages has been continuously in used since 3000 years ago in all languages, cultures, and all civilizations throughout the centuries and across the world. More than 2000 ancient literatures, books and maps belong to the past three millenniums, which contain this historical and heritage name are proof to the Persian Gulf as the right nomenclature The Persian Gulf under Name Attack Again! Today (01-Dec-2009) the Daily Telegraph has published an article on its website changing the name of Persian Gulf in favor of Arab plot against our country Please see